Walrus LG's Drunken Rave (Won by Nightmare!)

[Lord Gaius]

In 7th, earning 8.3 points: RODAN

Tornado of Souls by Megadeth

Megadeth are one of the few iconic thrash and metal bands I haven't checked out yet so kudos. Mustaine's vocals are crazy in all the right ways, the way the riffs and dueling guitars orbit around each other is reminiscent of the aforementioned tornado, writing is surprisingly revealing. Great track.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 6th, earning 8.4 points: Texas Cloverleaf

Inferno (Unleash the Fire) by Symphony X

Man those arpeggios really kick my ass. Excellent movement across the whole guitar, the vocals have more personality than most power metal. The really trippy effect they do on the guitars after the first riff and in the bridge rock.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 5th, earning 8.5 points: Monde

Ryshnychok (Earthly Mother) by Cano

The violin is always such a beautiful instrument, especially with the right backing. The way it morphs from a leading violin to the guitar is great. By keeping different instruments kept for only certain segments of the song, Cano manages to keep things interesting the entire way through. More obscure 80's Canadian music please, you're doin' your homeland proud kid.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 4th, earning 8.7 points: Asek

Dirt by Alice in Chains

Grunge Desert Mario. I don't know how else to describe this. It pounds at you, so hard. The methodical, almost sluggish vibe just fits so well with the lyrics and guitars. Percussion is great, lots of good snare stuff. I like Layne Staley's vocals a ton.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 3rd, earning 8.8 points: Walrein

I Sat By the Ocean by Queens of the Stone Age

With a departure from melancholy metal/grunge and rap, we have a more laidback song. While the lyrical content is similar, you still feel like you can overcome something. This is the perfect song to bump to at a beach. Love the flow, the vocal transitions are silky, great guitars. Any song that uses maracas well is a good song in my opinion.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 2nd, earning 9 points: Blazade

Acid Rain by Liquid Tension Experiment

Pure prog goodness. Portnoy and Petrucci are amazing, don't know the other two guys but they carry themselves well too. So many different parts of the song keeps it moving smoothly at six and a half minutes. The best pure metal submitted so far.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 1st, earning 9.2 points: atomicllamas

Hazey by Glass Animals

This song hit me personally. Alcoholism has been a struggle in my family, so maybe that helped bump the song. Musically, it's excellent. Super minimalist, but the islandic percussion and chimes just are so beautiful and poignant. His voice is airy but not in the out of pitch way. I was very surprised how much I liked this song, but I guess that's what walruses are about, leaving your musical comfort zones. The bass is also a great backing choice, super powerful.

 

[Lord Gaius]

Category 2, Singing's Overrated, will be revealed on either the 22nd or 25th depending on how busy I am. Times to be determined.

 

[Lord Gaius]

Category 2: Singing's Overrated

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 28th, earning 1 point: Texas Cloverleaf

Jizz in my Pants: The Lonely Island

This isn’t funny. The instrumentals suck. It also catfails. Ooh, baby a triple.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 27th, earning 1.2 points: Chen

Birthday Cake: Jetset Radio

And they say Lucio players want to listen to this? Sean Lennon on the bass saves this from a 1.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 26th, earning 1.5 points: Javelinlover

Shawn Wasabi: Marble Soda

This was certainly a bold choice. I don’t really know what I’m supposed to be listening to here. At least it doesn’t hurt my ears.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 25th, earning 1.8 points: VonFiedler

What’s New Pussycat (Instrumental)

I guess the vocals being gone slightly improves it? But now it just sounds dated and bad. The tuba or whatever is ugly and I’m preconditioned from the ska version never to want to listen to this ever, probably robbed.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 24th, earning 2.5 points: LightWolf

Ooparts: The World Ends With You

This borders a very thin line between noise and rap. The phone dialing in the middle really pisses me off I don’t know why. Vocals are not good ™.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 23rd, earning 5.5 points: atomicllamas

Joe Frusciante: Murderers

The bass in this kind of annoys me, there’s something off with the mixing/quality of it. This song is ok, it doesn’t really go anywhere exciting. Got ready for a solo and was completely cucked near the end.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 22nd, earning 5.7 points: Monde

Vangelis: Blush Response

My dad has always wanted me to see Blade Runner. Unfortunately I haven’t, so the first two minutes of talking are lost on me. It’s very eerie once you get past that though, not terrible.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 21st, earning 6.2 points: Shubaka

Metallica: All Nightmare Long

This isn’t bad, but it’s hard to stay interested for the whole eight minutes without vocals. The rhythm guitars start to drone on after a little while. The solo is good, but nothing too special.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 19th, earning 6.3 points: Knights

Lindsey Stirling: Heist

I like this way more than I should. Violins and dubstep are a really weird mix, but it kind of works here? It’s offputting at some parts, but overall I’d bang to this for sure. The drops are kind of lost because of the focus on the violin.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 19th, earning 6.4 points: Blazade

Bob Katsionis: Poseidon’s Rage (No Video)

I had to try and find this video (unsuccessfully) on Nico JP and I don’t know why. I can tell that this guy is technically very talented, but there’s no passion behind the song I can discern, and it just sort of meanders its way through some ok power metal.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 18th, earning 6.8 points: Granny Pie

Own Eye- Primal Dialga

A nice triumphant little piece. Nothing mindblowing, but I like the horns a lot. They’re a lot more mellow than what I’d usually expect from a Pokemon soundtrack. I forget if this was a remix or not but either way good stuff.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 17th, earning 6.9 points: Zeonth

Dethklok: I Ejaculate Fire

This is actually funny, and not even terrible musically.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 16th, earning 7 points: Zorbees

Orianthi ft. Steve Vai: Highly Strung

So far the king of sending good not great songs. The start of this is pretty great when they’re not just dueling, but it loses steam when they’re just playing the different registers together. The soloes are pretty good however.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 15th, earning 7.1 points: Marth

Avishai Cohen: Seven Seas

I really really wish I didn’t have to tank this, but there’s so much buildup. The payoff is enormous because oh my god that bass solo is sexy, and the piano/drums are no joke either. It just took wayyyyy too long to get there, and I know that’s part of jazz, but I guess this is just a taste preference.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 14th, earning 7.2 points: Yeti

Ladytron: Ritual

A nice groovy electronic track. I think the layering and buildup works quite nicely here.

 

[Lord Gaius]

In 13th, earning 7.4 points: Walrein

Joe Satriani: Satch Boogie

Very solid guitar work, but I’m not a huge fan of the extraterrestrial sounding effects, think they distract and take away from the song. The flying through space ones are especially annoying.